Marking apparatus



W. C. MORGANS.

MARKING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1s. 1920.

1,363,897. Patented 1m28, 1920.

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MARKING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

Application filed March 16, 1920. Serial No. 366,256.

. To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, IViLLiAM C. MonGANs,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dubuque, in the countyof Dubuque and State of Iowa, have invented' a new and Im- -proved-Marking Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to improvements 1n marking apparatus, an objectof the inven-4 tionbeing to provide improved means for burningidentification characters in furs or skins of any character.

A further object is to provide an apparatus of the characterstated whichWill form .characters in the skin which cannot be obliterated by theordinary tanning process.

With these and other objects in view the invention yconsists in certainnovel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements ofparts, asV will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claim.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l is a perspective viewillustrating my improved apparatus in operation;

Fig. 2 is a view in section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan View of one of the stencils; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view illustrating the Skin after it is marked.

My improved apparatus comprises a stencil or stencils 1 and an electricpunch or needle 2. The stencils l are made With perforations 3 of a sizeto ,receive the burning point 4 on the electric needle and guide thesame into contact With the skin 5 located below the stencil. Theelectric needle or punch 2 has a covering or handheld-6 of insulationand the point 4 is electrically connected with circuit Wires 7 so as toheat the point to the necessary degree for burning the skin.

The stencils l are preferably of metal and the peiforat'ions 3 thereofpreferably form letters so that any desired arrangement of such stencilscan be made to form a name or other word, or monogram to identify theskin;Y

In operation, the stencils are `located on the skin side of a furorother hidefand the hot point 4 of the electric needle or punch 2 isinserted through the perforations 3 and operates to burn into or throughthe skin 5 so that when the needle has been positioned in all of theperforations, the character Will be burned into the skin. These burnedrecesses or openings in the skinwill not Aclose or be materiallyaffected in any other Way bythe .tanning operation so that the finishedskin will still contain an identifying mark.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof parts described Without departing from the invention, and hence I donot limit myself to the precise details set forth, `but consider myselfat liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall Withinthe spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

In a skin marking apparatus, the combination with a stencil havingperforations therein and adapted to be located against the skin, of anelectric punch, a hot point at the lower end of the punch adapted topass through said perforatons, and a flange around the punch above thehot point adapted to engage said stencil `and limit the movement of thehot point through the perforations.

WILLIAM CHARLES MORGANS.

